Ordinance on-m.phil .-and-ph.d.-degrees-2017-2

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Assam University Ordinance on M.Phil. and Ph.D. Degrees, 2017
Assam University, Silchar
Ordinance on M.Phil. and Ph.D. Degrees, 2017
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 28 of the Assam
University Act, 1989 (No. 23 of 1989) the University hereby makes following
Ordinance, namely -
(1) Short Title, Application and Commencement
(1.1) This ordinance may be called the Assam University Ordinance on M.Phil.
and Ph.D. Degrees, 2017.
(1.2) This shall come into force from 1st January 2017 and shall apply to those
students who are admitted to research programme on or after 01.01.2017.
(2) Eligibility Criteria for Admission to the M.Phil. Programme
(2.1) Candidates for admission to the M.Phil. programme shall have a Master's
degree or a professional degree declared equivalent to the Master’s degree
with at least 55% marks in aggregate, or its equivalent grade or an equivalent
degree from a foreign educational institution accredited by an Assessment and
Accreditation Agency which is approved, recognized or authorized, by an
authority established, recognised or incorporated under a law in its home
country or any other statutory authority in that country empowered for
assessing, accrediting or assuring quality and standards of educational
institutions.
(2.2) A relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50%, or an equivalent relaxation
of grade, may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy
layer)/ differently-abled and other categories of candidates as per the decision
of the Government of India (GOI) from time to time, or for those who had
obtained their Master's degree prior to 19th September 1991. The eligibility
marks of 55% (or an equivalent grade in a point scale) and the relaxation of 5%
to the categories mentioned above are permissible based only on the
qualifying marks without including the grace mark procedures.

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(3) Eligibility Criteria for Admission to the Ph.D. Programme
Subject to the conditions stipulated in this Ordinance, the following persons
are eligible to seek admission to the Ph.D. programme:
(3.1) Master’s Degree holders satisfying the criteria stipulated under point 2
above.
(3.2) Candidates who have cleared a four paper M.Phil. course work with at
least 55 % marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade ‘B’ or those who have
already completed the course work in M.Phil. as per the UGC (Minimum
Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degrees) Regulations,
2016 with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade in the
prevalent AUS grading scale and successfully completed the M.Phil. Degree
shall be eligible to proceed to do research work leading to the Ph.D. Degree
in an integrated programme in the University. A relaxation of 5% of marks,
from 55% to 50%, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, may be allowed for
those belonging to SC/ ST/ OBC (non-creamy layer)/ differently-abled and
other categories of candidates as per the decision of the GOI from time to
time.
(3.3) A student of Assam University, whose M.Phil. Dissertation has been
evaluated and the viva voce is pending, may be admitted to the Ph.D.
programme of the University.
(3.4) Candidates possessing a Degree considered equivalent to the M.Phil.
Degree of an Indian Institution, from a Foreign Educational Institution
accredited by an Assessment and Accreditation Agency which is approved,
recognized or authorized by an authority, established, recognized or
incorporated by law in its home country or any other statutory authority in
that country empowered for assessing, accrediting or assuring quality and
standards of educational institutions, shall be eligible for admission to
Ph.D. programme.
(4) Duration of the Programme
(4.1) M.Phil. programme shall be for a minimum duration of two (2)
consecutive semesters/ one year and a maximum of four (4) consecutive
semesters/ two years, excluding course work.

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(4.2) An extension of one semester may be given to an M.Phil. Candidate for
submission of dissertation on recommendation of RAC (point 8).
(4.3) Ph.D. programme shall be for a minimum duration of three (3) years,
including course work and a maximum of six (6) years.
(4.4) An extension of one year may be given to Ph.D. scholar for submission of
thesis on recommendation of RAC (point 8).
(4.5) An additional year of extension may be granted under special
circumstances to a Ph.D. candidate.
These extensions may be granted on recommendation of RAC routed through
relevant statutory bodies provided the candidate applies with the
recommendation of RAC well in advance, prior to the date of expiry of her/his
tenure of M.Phil./ Ph.D.
Any extraordinary situation may be referred to the Chairperson, Board of
Research Studies (BRS), through RAC and Departmental Research Committee
(DRC) (point 9), for decision which should later be ratified in the relevant
statutory bodies.
(4.6) Women candidates and persons with disability (more than 40%
disability) may be allowed a relaxation of one year for M.Phil. and two years
for Ph.D. in the maximum duration in addition to that mentioned in point 4.1-
4.5.
(4.7) In addition, women candidates may be provided Maternity Leave/ Child
Care Leave, only once in the entire duration of M.Phil./Ph.D. for up to 240
days.
Explanation: “relevant statuary bodies” refers to Board of Post-Graduate Studies, Board of
School, Board of Research Studies, and Academic Council, as the case may be.

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5. Procedure for Admission
(5.1) Candidates will be admitted to M.Phil./ Ph.D. programme through an
Entrance Test to be conducted annually.
(5.2) A student having PG degree from Assam University, UGC-NET
(including JRF)/ UGC-CSIR NET (including JRF)/ SLET/ GATE/ teacher
fellowship holders, and teachers teaching in the University, will get 10% of
her/his PG grade/ percentage of marks as bonus over the entrance examination
score.
Candidates with M.Phil. degree will get 10% of their coursework
grade/percentage of marks as bonus. These will be included at the time of
preparation of merit list.
(5.3) The University shall:
(5.3.1) Decide on an annual basis through the DRC, a predetermined and
manageable number of M.Phil./ Ph.D. scholars to be admitted depending on
the number of available Research Supervisors and other academic and
physical facilities available, keeping in mind the norms regarding the
scholar-teacher ratio (point 6.4), laboratory, library and such other facilities.
Each department shall declare its vacancy of M.Phil. and Ph.D. on an
annual basis. A vacancy is created under a supervisor as and when a
dissertation/ thesis is submitted by a student working under her/his
supervision to the Department and certificate of this effect is issued by the
COE (point 10.6.7).
(5.3.2) Issue admission notification on the University website and through
advertisements at least two weeks in advance in at least two (2) national
newspapers, of which at least one (1) shall be in the regional language. The
number of seats for admission, subject/ discipline-wise distribution of
available seats, criteria for admission, procedure for admission,
examination centre(s) where entrance test(s) will be conducted and all other
relevant information will be provided on the University website at least two
weeks in advance.
(5.3.3) Follow reservation policy of GOI.

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(5.4) The admission shall be based on the criteria notified by the University,
keeping in view the guidelines/ norms in this regard issued by the UGC and
other statutory bodies concerned, and taking into account the reservation
policy of the GOI from time to time.
(5.5) Candidates will be selected through a two stage process that is:
(5.5.1) An Entrance Test conducted by the university to test knowledge of
research methodology (50%) and the relevant subject (50%). Qualifying
marks for the entrance test will be 50%. The test shall be conducted at the
Centre(s) notified in advance. Changes of Centres, if any, are also to be
notified well in advance.
(5.5.2) An interview, to be organized by the concerned department where
the candidates are required to discuss their research interest/area through a
presentation before a duly constituted DRC.
(5.6) The DRC during interview shall also consider the following aspects, viz.
whether:
(5.6.1) the candidate possesses the competence for the proposed research;
(5.6.2) the research work can be suitably undertaken at the department
concerned;
(5.6.3) the proposed area of research can contribute to new/ additional
knowledge.
(5.7) A student admitted to M.Phil./ Ph.D. program shall pay the fees as
prescribed by the university from time to time.
(5.8) The University shall maintain the year-wise list of all the M.Phil./ Ph.D.
students on its website. The list shall include the name of the scholars, topic of
her/his research, name of the supervisor and co-supervisor(s), date of
admission/ registration. An unique enrolment number will be assigned to each
admitted candidate. Registration number will be issued after title registration
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6. Research Supervisor: Eligibility criteria to be a Research Supervisor, Co-
Supervisor, Number of M.Phil./ Ph.D. scholars permissible per Supervisor, etc.
(6.1) Any regular Professor of the University with at least five research
publications in refereed journals and any regular Associate/ Assistant
Professor of the university with a Ph.D. degree and at least two research
publications in refereed journals may be recognized as Research Supervisor.
In areas/ disciplines where there are no UGC approved journals or only a
limited number of refereed journals, publication in a journal carrying ISSN
number may be considered for recognition of a teacher as Research
Supervisor with reasons recorded in writing. In such case Academic
Council may fix reasonable/ equivalent criteria.
(6.2) Only a full time regular teacher of the University can act as a
supervisor in the department. No external experts can act as Supervisor.
However, Co-Supervisor may be allowed for Ph.D. in inter-disciplinary
areas from other departments of the university or from other institutions
with the recommendation of the RAC. Such proposals, based on the merit
of the case, should be routed through relevant statuary bodies for approval
of the BRS. Co-supervisors can be opted till one year prior to Pre-
submission seminar.
For recognition of any external expert as a co-supervisor for a Ph.D.
candidate, a person should be a regular faculty in a University/ College/
Institute (PG Teaching) or a scholar/expert/ Scientist in a National/ Regional
Research Institute with at least five (5) publications in refereed journals
after obtaining Ph.D. degree and ten (10) years of teaching/ research
experience, barring that spent for obtaining Ph.D. degree.
(6.3) The allocation of Research Supervisor for a selected candidate will be
decided by the concerned DRC at the time of admission depending on the
number of scholars per Research Supervisor, the available specialization
among the Supervisors and research interests of the scholars as indicated by
them at the time of interview.
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point of time, cannot guide more than three (3) M.Phil. and Eight (8) Ph.D.
scholars. An Associate Professor as Research Supervisor can guide up to a
maximum of two (2) M.Phil. and six (6) Ph.D. scholars, and an Assistant
Professor as Research Supervisor can guide up to a maximum of one (1)
M.Phil. and four (4) Ph.D. scholars.
However, a faculty having externally funded project may be allowed to
admit up to a maximum of two (2) JRFs to the M.Phil./ Ph.D. programme in
addition to those specified above, provided there is no vacancy under the
concerned faculty, and the candidate(s) can qualify through the selection
procedure. These extra seats will be adjusted as and when vacancy arises
under the concerned supervisor.
(6.5) On superannuation, a faculty ceases to remain a supervisor but may
continue as a co-supervisor till the M.Phil./ Ph.D. programme is completed.
In case of superannuation of supervisor RAC shall propose the name of a
new officiating supervisor to DRC for approval from statutory bodies at
least one year prior to due date of superannuation. Such a case may be
super numeral to point 6.4 if no vacancy exists with the proposed
supervisor. But it will be adjusted as and when vacancy is created under
her/him and she/he will get the due credit for supervising the student. A
faculty who is due to superannuate within three (3) years, will not be
assigned any new Ph.D. scholar by the DRC.
(6.6) If a supervisor proceeds on study leave/ sabbatical/ UGC duty leave/
lien/ any other leave for more than one semester, DRC will appoint a co-
supervisor within the department in consultation with the RAC concerned.
(6.7) On resignation/ expiry of lien period of the supervisor, the DRC will
appoint a new supervisor. Where a co-supervisor is appointed within the
department, he would become supervisor. Suggestions, if any, of the
outgoing supervisor will be considered by the DRC. In such cases,
provisions of point 6.5 will apply. The outgoing faculty may apply to
become a co-supervisor.
(6.8) On demise of the supervisor, the DRC will nominate a new supervisor
in consultation with the RAC. In case, required expertise is not available in

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the department at that point of time, DRC may recommend appointing a
co-supervisor (point 6.2) from, outside the institution if necessary who is an
expert in the relevant field.
(6.9) In case of relocation of an M.Phil./ Ph.D. woman scholar due to
marriage or otherwise, the research data may be allowed to be transferred
to the university to which the scholar intends to relocate provided all the
other conditions in this ordinance are followed in letter and spirit and the
research work does not pertain to the research project secured by the parent
institution/ supervisor from any funding agency. The scholar will, however,
give due credit to the parent guide and the institution for the part of
research already done, without violation of IPR.
7. Course Work: Credit Requirements, number, duration, syllabus, minimum
standards for completion, etc.
(7.1) Successful completion of course work shall be treated as prerequisite for
M.Phil. /Ph.D. title registration.
(7.2) The M.Phil./ Ph.D. course work shall be of 16 credits.
(7.3) Coursework syllabi will be designed by a department for its M.Phil./
Ph.D. programme, except the Research Methodology paper, which will be
common for a school of study and will be designed by the Dean of concerned
School with necessary consultation. The Research Methodology paper of four
(4) credits will cover areas such as quantitative methods, computer
applications, research ethics and review of published research in the relevant
field, training, fieldwork, etc. Of the three remaining courses of four (4)
credits each, one shall comprise advanced level topics in concerned subject.
Another paper will be an optional paper on the specialized research area.
Choice of this paper by a scholar will be made under the guidance of RAC.
There will be a term paper of four (4) credits which will involve both a report
as well as a presentation on the subject area of her/ his M.Phil./ Ph.D. topic
including objectives/ specific methodology/ literature review, etc. The term
paper shall be prepared under the guidance of the supervisor and evaluated
by RAC concerned. All courses prescribed for M.Phil. and Ph.D. course work
shall be in conformity with the credit hour, instructional requirement and
shall specify content, instructional and assessment methods. They shall be

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duly approved by the relevant academic bodies and revised periodically, at
least every three years.
(7.4) Course work should be completed in the first semester of the
programme; arrear, if any, should be cleared within the next semester failing
which the admission will stand cancelled.
There shall be no re-evaluation/ betterment for coursework examination.
(7.5) Candidates already holding M.Phil. Degree with a four-paper
coursework with minimum 55% marks in aggregate, or those who have
already completed the course work in M.Phil. as per the UGC (Minimum
Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degrees) Regulations,
2016, and admitted to the Ph.D. programme or those permitted to proceed to
pursue Ph.D. degree in an integrated programme, may be exempted from the
Ph.D. course work. All other candidates admitted to the Ph.D. programme
shall be required to complete the Ph.D. course work prescribed by the
Department.
(7.6) Grades/ marks in the course work, including research methodology
courses shall be finalized after a combined assessment by the RAC and the
Department.
(7.7) An M.Phil. /Ph.D. scholar has to obtain a minimum of 55% in aggregate
and a minimum of 50% in each paper or its equivalent grade in prevalent
AUS scale in the course work in order to be eligible to continue in the
programme and submit the dissertation/ thesis.
8. Research Advisory Committee and its Functions
(8.1) There shall be a five member Research Advisory Committee (RAC) for
each M.Phil./ Ph.D. scholar. The committee shall be notified by the Head of
the concerned department immediately after the admission of the scholar in
the course in consultation with the supervisor.
(8.2) The RAC shall consist of the Head of the Department, one teacher from
the department and two teachers from other departments of the university,
and Supervisor as Convener. Where there Supervisor is the Head another
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In departments where there are no sufficient numbers of teachers eligible to
be supervisor, teachers from other departments may be included. All the
members have to be eligible to be supervisors as per norms laid in point 6.
(8.3) Meetings of the RAC will be notified by the Head of the department in
consultation with the concerned supervisor.
(8.4) This Committee shall have the following responsibilities:
(8.4.1) To review the research proposal and finalize the topic of research;
(8.4.2) To guide the research scholar to develop the study design and
methodology of research and identify the course(s) that she/he may have
to undertake during course work or later.
(8.4.3) To periodically review and assist in the progress of the research
work of the concerned scholar.
(8.5) Every research scholar must appear before the RAC once in six months
to make a presentation of the progress of her/his work for evaluation and
further guidance. The six monthly progress reports shall be submitted by the
RAC to the Department with a copy to the research scholar.
Note - The six monthly meeting of the RAC shall be notified by the supervisor in
consultation with HOD.
(8.6) In case the progress of the research scholar is unsatisfactory, the RAC
shall record the reasons for the same and suggest corrective measures. If the
research scholar fails to implement these corrective measures, the RAC may
recommend, with specific reasons, for cancellation of the title registration
under the programme.
9. Departmental Research Committee and its Functions
(9.1) A Departmental Research Committee (DRC) shall be constituted for
each academic department offering M.Phil. /Ph.D. programme. All teachers
of the department eligible to supervise shall be member of the committee.
One member shall be opted from another department of the same School of
Studies and another member from an allied School of Studies as a Vice-
Chancellor’s nominee. Head of the Department shall chair the proceedings
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(9.2) The DRC shall look after the following research related matters-
(9.2.1) Conducting the personal interview during M.Phil. /Ph.D.
admission process.
(9.2.2) Assigning supervisor to a selected candidate.
(9.2.3) Maintaining records of the M.Phil. /Ph.D. scholars in the
department and scrutinising scholar’s register.
(9.2.4) Setting eligibility criteria for part-time scholars on departmental
basis in addition to that stipulated in point 11.3.
(9.2.5) Monitoring yearly attendance of scholars.
10. Evaluation and Assessment Methods, Minimum Standards/ Credits for
Award of the Degree, etc.
(10.1) The credit requirement, including credit for the course work, for the
award of M.Phil. degree shall be 32 of which 16 shall be secured from
coursework and 16 from dissertation.
(10.2) Upon satisfactory completion of coursework and obtaining the required
marks/ grade, a scholar shall be required to undertake research work and go
for registration of title of the dissertation/ thesis.
A presentation on the proposal should be made before RAC, on whose
recommendation the scholar shall submit a synopsis. Thereafter, the scholar
shall submit an application (in prescribed format) to the Department along
with the recommendation of RAC based on the presentation.
The application, complete in all respects, shall be forwarded to BRS through
the relevant statutory bodies within twelve months of successful completion of
coursework, barring which admission will stand cancelled.
(10.3) Any modification/ alteration in title of Ph.D. thesis within the scope of
registered work can be done. Any such change shall have to be approved by
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the scholar, the supervisor shall first propose the modification/ alteration to
the RAC, on the recommendation of which it will be submitted to the DRC,
which in turn will get it approved in the relevant statutory bodies.
Modification in M.Phil. dissertation title will only be allowed under
extraordinary circumstances subject to approval in the relevant statutory
bodies.
(10.4) Prior to the submission of the dissertation/ thesis, the scholar shall make
a presentation in the Department before her/his RAC which shall also be open
to all faculty members and other research scholars. The feedback and
comments obtained from them may be suitably incorporated into the draft
dissertation/ thesis in consultation with the RAC.
The scholar shall be allowed to deliver the pre-submission seminar after
completion of at least two-and-a-half (2.5) years from the date of admission, in
case of Ph.D. and ten months, excluding course work, in case of M.Phil.
(10.5) Within two weeks from the successful presentation, the scholar has to
submit an Abstract (within 1000 words) of the dissertation/ thesis along with
duly filled prescribed form and fees to the Department.
The Ph.D. thesis should be submitted within six months from the date of pre-
submission but not earlier than 3 years from the date of admission. In case a
Ph.D. scholar fails to submit the thesis within six months from the date of pre-
submission presentation she/he needs to take special permission from the
competent authority on recommendation of RAC.
A M.Phil. scholar must submit the dissertation within two months from the
date of pre-submission, but not earlier than one year from the date of
admission, excluding coursework.
(10.6) M.Phil. scholars shall present at least one (1) research paper in a national
conference/ seminar and Ph.D. scholars must publish at least one (1) research
paper in refereed journal and present two (02) papers in national conferences/
seminars before the submission of the dissertation/ thesis for adjudication, and
produce evidence for the same in the form of presentation certificates and/or
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(10.6.1) The Library on the recommendation of Academic Council shall
evolve a mechanism using well developed software and gadgets to detect
plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty from time to time. The
Supervisor will certify the compliance of draft dissertation/ thesis with the
prevalent guidelines.
The dissertation/thesis shall have an undertaking from the research scholar
and a certificate from the Research Supervisor attesting to the originality of
the work, vouching that there is no plagiarism and that the work has not
been submitted for the award of any other degree/diploma of the same
Institution where the work was carried out, or to any other Institution.
(10.6.2) Dissertation/ Thesis shall be printed in the prescribed format. Three
soft bound copies along with a soft copy in the prescribed format of the
dissertation/ thesis should be submitted to Department for evaluation.
Two hard bound copies of the dissertation/ thesis (incorporating all
changes/ alterations/ corrections suggested during the process of
evaluation, if any) along with a soft copy in the prescribed format should be
submitted within fifteen (15) days of completion of viva–voce.
Notification will be done by the university in the first week of every month
for award of M.Phil./ Ph.D. to the candidates who have successfully
completed viva-voce in preceding month.
(10.6.3) The M.Phil. dissertation submitted by a research scholar shall be
evaluated by her/his Research Supervisor and at least one external examiner
who is not in the employment of the Assam University. An expert panel
containing names of at least four experts, excluding supervisor(s), on the
relevant field must be submitted by the supervisor at the time of title
registration for approval of relevant statutory bodies.
The open viva-voce examination shall be conducted by the external and
internal examiners, and shall be open for attendance by members of the
RAC, all faculty members of the Department, other research scholars and
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Each examiner shall evaluate the performance of the scholar in the
following grades: 'O' corresponding to 9.00-10.00, 'E' corresponding to 8.00-
8.99, 'V' corresponding to 7.00-7.99, 'A' corresponding to 6.00-6.99, 'B'
corresponding to 5.50-5.99 and 'C' corresponding to less than 5.5 grade
points. A candidate shall be awarded the average of grades awarded by
both the dissertation examiners and degree will be awarded to candidates
securing 'B' grade and above.
The Dean of the concerned school shall notify the date of viva-voce in
consultation with supervisor within a week of receiving papers from the
COE office. This notification shall be done at least one week prior to the
scheduled viva-voce.
The RAC should be supplied with the evaluation reports (blind) and the
same should be communicated to the scholar along with the date of viva-
voce. The viva-voce may be deferred or fixed on a later date by the Dean of
the concerned school on written request of the candidate/supervisor.
(10.6.4) The Ph.D. thesis submitted by a research scholar shall be evaluated
by her/his Research Supervisor and at least two external examiners, who are
not in employment of Assam University, of whom one examiner may be
from outside the country. A panel containing the names of at least six (6)
external experts, excluding supervisor(s), on the relevant field should be
submitted at least one (1) year prior to pre-submission for approval of
relevant statutory bodies. A submitted panel will remain valid for two and a
half (2.5) years.
In case the supervisor is a close relative of the scholar she/he will not
evaluate the thesis of the candidate and a third external will be appointed in
lieu of her/him.
The viva-voce examination, based among other things, on the critiques given
in the evaluation report, shall be conducted under the chairmanship of the
Dean with at least one of the two external examiners/ VC’s nominee, and
shall be open to be attended by Members of the RAC, all faculty members
of the Department, other research scholars and any other interested experts/
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(10.6.5) The public viva-voce of the research scholar to defend the
dissertation/thesis shall be conducted only if the evaluation report(s) of the
external examiner(s) on the dissertation/thesis is/are satisfactory and
include a specific recommendation for conducting the viva-voce
examination. If the evaluation report of the external examiner in case of
M.Phil. dissertation, or one of the evaluation reports of the external
examiner in case of Ph.D. thesis, is unsatisfactory and does not recommend
viva-voce, the University shall send the dissertation/ thesis to another
external examiner out of the approved panel of examiners and the viva-voce
examination shall be held only if the report of the latest examiner is
satisfactory. If the report of the latest examiner is also unsatisfactory, the
dissertation/ thesis shall be rejected and the research scholar shall be
declared ineligible for the award of the degree. In case an examiner
suggests some modification/ improvements in the dissertation/ thesis on
certain specific line and points out certain lacunae in the dissertation/ thesis,
the candidate should be asked to reply or modify the dissertation/ thesis
and re-submit it to be forwarded to the concerned examiner within a period
of six (6) months from the date of intimation of the requirements of
modification by the university.
Process for conduct of viva-voce would be as prescribed in point 10.6.3.
(10.6.6) In the event of death of an M.Phil./ Ph.D. candidate before her/ his
viva voce could be conducted, a posthumous degree may be awarded
provided the reports of one (in case of M.Phil.) or both (in case of Ph.D.) the
external examiners is/are positive with recommendations for viva-voce. Such
a proposal has to be routed through the relevant statutory bodies.
(10.6.7) The entire process of evaluation of M.Phil. dissertation/ Ph.D. thesis
shall be completed within a period of six months from the date of
submission of the dissertation/ thesis. The Scholar shall submit the thesis to
the department. A submission certificate (bearing date of submission) shall
be issued to the scholar by office of COE.
11. Treatment of Ph.D./ M.Phil. through Distance Mode/ Part-time Basis
(11.1) There will be no M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes offered through
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(11.2) Part-time Ph.D. will be allowed provided all the conditions
mentioned in the extant Ph.D. ordinance are met. A No Objection Certificate
(NOC) from competent authority in the format prescribed by the authority
needs to be submitted at the time of personal interview during admission
by all employed candidates. In addition, an employed candidate needs to
submit leave sanction order from competent authority for at least a period
of six (6) month for attending course work.
Teachers of Assam University and its affiliated colleges would be exempted
from attending regular classes during coursework. They will have to write
an assignment in each paper and earn credit through seminars, fieldwork,
etc.
(11.3) Part time scholars have to be present in the campus for 30 days in a
year and must appear before RAC once in every six month. Attendance
records of such scholars will be maintained by the Supervisor and reported
to RAC per academic year. RAC may take appropriate action if a part time
scholar does not have the required attendance.
12. Depository with INFLIBNET
(12.1) Following the successful completion of the evaluation process and
before the announcement of the award of the M.Phil./Ph.D. degree(s), the
University shall submit an electronic copy of the M.Phil. dissertation/ Ph.D.
thesis to the INFLIBNET, for hosting the same so as to make it accessible to all
Institutions/ Colleges.
(12.2) Prior to the actual award of the degree the University shall issue a
provisional certificate to the effect that the Degree has been awarded in
accordance with the provisions of the UGC Regulations, 2016.
13. Conduct and Discipline
Each scholar with respect to her/his work in the course as well as general
conduct in the University shall remain under the control of respective
School of Studies and shall be governed by the disciplinary code of the
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(13.1) A full-time scholar shall not undertake any employment between the
date of admission and date of submission of dissertation/ thesis. She/he
shall not join any other course of study other than those, which may be
useful for her/his research programme.
(13.2) The Ph.D. scholars may be required to assist the department in
teaching and examination related works.
(13.3) A full time scholar shall be entitled for 30 days leave in a year. Women
candidates may be provided maternity leave/ Child Care Leave as
prescribed in point 4.7.
14. Award of M.Phil./ Ph.D. Degree Prior to Implementation of this Ordinance
Award of degrees to candidates admitted for the M.Phil./ Ph.D. programme
on or after 11th July 2009, till 31st December 2016 shall be governed by the
provisions of earlier ordinances of the Assam University on M.Phil. and
Ph.D. Degrees.
15. Removal of Difficulties
Notwithstanding anything contained in the above ordinance, the Vice-
Chancellor may take such measures as may be necessary for removal of
difficulties.

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